Discover the essential functions of Human Resources, from recruiting and training talent to managing benefits and ensuring regulatory compliance in your company.

Human resources functions are significantly different from HR practices. Functions are comprised of transactional activities that can be handled in-house or easily outsourced. Practices are part ...

The primary goal of human resource management (HRM) is to maximize workforce performance and value so as to meet the company's business needs. Achieving this goal requires several HRM competencies ...

We maintain that human resources are strategically significant in at least three cases, when these resources (1) help create traditional Ricardian rents; (2) function as components of organizational ...

This paper outlines the issues in relation to the strategic human resource management (HRM) process in organisations from three industries that have experienced a high degree of change during the last ...

One of the more popular features in the Washington Post is its “5 Myths” opinions column, where commonly held misapprehensions about politics, society, and even science are weighed against evidence.